WOAH National Focal Points for Wildlife – 6th Cycle Regional Training Workshop for Europe
27 – 29 June 2023, Warsaw Poland
MEETING VENUE and ACCOMMODATION
Transfer from the airport to the hotel
Please use the shuttle services provided by the hotel =====>
Provisional programme
DAY 1: 27 June 2023 | ||
08:00 – 09:00 | Registration and welcoming of participants | Local hosts |
Session 1: Opening
Chair: Dr Tomasz Grudnik |
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09:00 – 09:20 | Opening remarks | Krzysztof Jazdzewski (WOAH Delegate of Poland)
Estelle Hamelin WOAH (Sub-Regional Representative in Brussels) |
09:20 – 09:30 | Introduction, objectives of the workshop and ToRs of the Focal Points | Dr Dharmaveer Shetty, Preparedness and Resilience Department, WOAH headquarters |
09:30 – 10:00 | Icebreaker Exercise: Interactive Icebreaker Strategy Game to enhance the value of the Wildlife Focal Point in the WOAH Framework | All |
10:00 – 10:10 | Group photograph | All |
10:10 – 10:30 | Coffee break | |
Session 2: Wildlife disease management – the basics
Chair: Dr Estelle Hamelin |
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10:30 – 11:00 | Wildlife Health Activities at WOAH | Dr Dharmaveer Shetty, Wildlife Networks Coordinator, Preparedness and Resilience Department, Paris, WOAH HQ |
11:00 – 11:45 | General principles of disease management and control in wildlife | Dr Thierry Work, USGS National Wildlife Health Center (WOAH Collaborating Centre) |
11:45 – 12:30 | Best practices in disease management, control in wildlife | Dr Daniel Walsh, USGS National Wildlife Health Center (WOAH Collaborating Centre) |
12:30 – 12:45 | Introduction to One Health – A FAO Virtual Learning Center (VLC) course | Dr Dora Kovacs (FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia)
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12:45 – 13:45 | Lunch | |
Session 3: Wildlife disease management – Communication Best practices and challenges
Chair: Dr Tomasz Grudnik |
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13:45 – 14:45 | Presentation of combining indigenous and scientific knowledge approach | Dr Matilde Tomaselli (TBC) |
14:45 – 15:15 | Discussion/Q&A | |
15:15 – 15:45 | Coffee break | |
15:45 – 17:00 | Managing disease events in wildlife focus on communication
(5 Presentations chosen by 5 selected FPs from the region) |
Focal Points for Wildlife (Albania, Belgium Israel, Norway) |
17:00 – 17:30 | Discussion/Q&A | |
DAY 2: 28th June 2023 | ||
Session 4: Wildlife disease management – best practices
Chair: Dr Estelle Hamelin |
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09:00 – 09:30 | Best practices in disease management, control in wildlife: case study on systems thinking for managing wildlife health | Dr Thierry Work, USGS National Wildlife Health Center (WOAH Collaborating Centre) |
09:30 – 09:50 | Root causes / drivers of disease and how to manage them
(Presentation from the Region: topic to be chosen by host country if interest in presenting their experience on wildlife disease management – best practices) |
Presentation by Poland |
09:50 – 10:10 | Root causes / drivers of disease and how to manage them
· Respiratory disease in North American bighorn sheep |
Dr Daniel Walsh, USGS National Wildlife Health Center (WOAH Collaborating Centre) |
10:10 – 10:30 | Discussion/Q&A | |
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break | |
11:00 – 12:00 | Group exercise: best practices in disease management and control in wildlife- Identifying socio-economic drivers | Dr Thierry Work and Dr Daniel Walsh, USGS NWHC (WOAH Collaborating Centre) |
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch | |
13:00 – 18:00 | FIELD VISIT (TBC) | |
DAY 3: (29th June 2023) | ||
09:00 – 09:30 | Debrief from the field visit yesterday | Dr Thierry Work and Dr Daniel Walsh, USGS National Wildlife Health Center (WOAH Collaborating Centre) |
Session 5: Wildlife disease management – from theory to action
Chair: Dr Dharmaveer Shetty |
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09:30 – 10:30 | Tabletop exercise (4 groups):
Applying systems thinking to understand the root causes/drivers of challenges facing wildlife health and affect meaningful change |
Dr Daniel Walsh and Thierry Work, USGS National Wildlife Health Center (WOAH Collaborating Centre) Facilitators: TBC |
10:30 – 10:50 | Coffee break | |
11:00 – 12:00 | Discussion (4 groups): Lessons learned from previous wildlife disease outbreak/event responses | TBC Dr Daniel Walsh, USGS National Wildlife Health Center (WOAH Collaborating Centre) |
12:00 – 12:45 | Lunch | |
12:45 – 14:00 | Exercise: Network building and communication | WOAH |
14:00 – 15:15 | Group exercise: The EBO-SURSY game “ALERT” | WOAH |
15:15 – 15:30 | Closing Ceremony and Certificate Distribution | WOAH Regional Representative and D. Shetty |
15:30 – 15:45 | Coffee break |